XPost: rec.aviation.piloting, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:10:58 -0800, Ockham's Razor    
   wrote:   
      
      
   >Years ago in California, East Bay, we were standing in the parking lot   
   >of a hotel in Orinda.  the UNMISTAKABLE sound of a 17 became apparent   
   >and lo, one appeared overhead in about a minute.  One of the great days   
   >of my life.   
      
   The approach to the airport here in Salem comes over the ridge to the   
   WNW, and the B-24 and B-17 that fly into the area almost yearly often   
   come right over my place when they're doing their $300/trip events for   
   the local Tursts and old veterans.   
      
   I find the two sounds are hard to tell apart, but the sound of pretty   
   much Any 4-engined aircraft is mighty similar at that.   
      
   One of the Pommy bombers used four RR Merlins, if memory serves.  A   
   friend who was at an airshow there said That was quite the experience.   
      
   5-6 years ago or so, came a nice summer day when the B-17 and B-24   
   flew around Salem, in the company of a nicely restored B-25 *and* a   
   P-51 that lives nearby as well.   
      
   Now *there* was a Treat for the eyes and ears alike!   
      
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